Over the past 12 months, Washington politicians argued, debated and lamented about how to reign in the federal government's out of control spending. All the while, Washington was on a shopping binge, spending money we do not have on things we do not need, like the $6.9 billion worth of examples provided in this report. The result: Instead of cutting wasteful spending, nearly $2.5 billion was added each day in 2011 to our national debt, which now exceeds $15 trillion. TOP TEN 1. Politicians Partying on the Taxpayer Dime (Presidential Election Campaign Fund) $35.38 Million 2. Mangled Mango Effort Could Hurt Farmers It Meant to Help (Pakistan) $30 Million 3. Poor Planning Hobbles Air Force Green Energy Effort (Department of Defense) $14 Million 4. Subsidy Program for Small Airports Fails to Help Most Recipients Achieve Sustainable Air Service (Federal Aviation Administration) $6 Million 5. Paying for Pancakes (Washington, D.C.) $765,828 6. The Super-Bridge to Nowhere (Alaska) $15.3 Million 7. Dead Federal Employees Continue to Get Benefits Checks (U.S. Office of Personnel Management) $120 Million 8. Extreme Home Makeover: Federal Highway Funds to Transform Abandoned "Rock House" into Visitors Center (Oklahoma) $529,689 9. Video Game Preservation (New York) $113,277 10. Millions In Foreign Aid to China (Department of State & U.S. Agency for International Development) $17.80 Million http://www.coburn.senate.gov/public...&File_id=b69a6ebd-7ebe-41b7-bb03-c25a5e194365